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Tamara Kotevska
Macedonian filmmaker (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tamara Kotevska (Macedonian: Тамара Котевска; born 9 August 1993) is a Macedonian filmmaker best known for her 2019 documentary Honeyland.[1]
Early life
Kotevska was born in Prilep, Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). She earned a scholarship to study abroad in Tennessee for her junior year in high school.[2] She graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje,[3] with an emphasis in documentary film.[4]
Career
Together with Ljubomir Stefanov, Kotevska spent three years in Bekirlija, North Macedonia filming the documentary about a female wild beekeeper, Hatidze.[5][3] The film was originally going to be a documentary short about the Bregalnica river region when they came across the beekeeper.[6][7] Kotevska and Stefanov previously worked together on another documentary, Lake of Apples (2017).[8]
Honeyland won three awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival[9] and received two nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film. It is the second Macedonian film to earn an Oscar nomination after Before the Rain (1994).[10][11]
In 2025, Kotevska directed The Tale of Silyan revolving around a farmer forming a bond with a White stork he rescued.[12] It will have its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.[13]
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